International journal of rheumatic diseases
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is emerging as the most common medium vessel vasculitis in children. Recurrence of KD (0.8%-3.0%) is unusual and not commonly reported. ⋯ Recurrences in KD are unusual. Over a period of 24 years the recurrence rate in our cohort of children with KD was 0.98%. Further, children with recurrences tended to have milder and incomplete form of the disease.